Have you ever gone to a city and wondered where to go to eat or drink? You might pull out your iPhone and search for restaurants but it might be hard to get to the good ones. Well at least in one city there is a handy go to guide to finding your way to those special spots without a car. It happens to be in Los Angeles.

As the returns came in late last night from elections all over the country, a few big tickets passed handily while a some others crashed and burned. Several smaller regions rejected tax measures that would have supported expansion of vital services while larger projects such as bus and rail improvements in Durham North Carolina and Cincinnati Ohio had winning days. 22 of 28 projects have passed this year in an analysis put together by the Center for Transportation Excellence which has a listing of the results.

The policy staff at our partner, Transportation for America (T4), have pored over the 600-plus pages of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee transportation bill draft, released on Nov. 4, and come up with an informative summary.

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